[quote="Yvonne Graubaek"]During the summer I found this flint. It has a nice sice, and shape for a suiseki, it had been lying on the beach for many, many years, on what is now the buttom, perfect , the stone is 21.5 cm long.Hello Yvonne,Nice to see some bigger landscape flint.From the picture it is difficult to read the specific stone but there are some nice details.In spite of the natural front you chose, i think there is a tension here between the higher massive part and the lower part; they are both of the same size.Because the lower part is moving in front of the higher part this is not that disturbing.I am not sure turning would give the stone a better view? As you said black stones have qualities but colored stones to, it is sometimes playing in a different field.I must say Peter did a surprising find in your birdhead stone.I am still scrolling back and look at your delightful different waterpool stone.Sunip

Many thanks for your reply....I love the waterpoolstone too....I have more than one time addad water to the pool, just for my own pleassure. I have placed the stone where I often gets to see it The backside is just as nice, as the front.

Photos can be dificult...And again, can I see, you have taken a really close look at a stone, and now give your oppinion, wich is correct, and very nice.This also tells me, I must sharpen up , and try to do a better job when I take the photos. I am happy to tell you, the stones higher part is clearly bigger than the lower part in the real life.

Upside dawn , you give me a challence. I understand, you want the widest part low, witch is the most correct way. It will not be easy to make a mountain like that....The turtle..I really dont know....hope to see you anyway Peter.

This is the daiza I started up on, before the frost....yeasterday was i able to continue the work, and the stone stands firm now.I have a kind of idea how I want the profile. But I would be very pleased if you Peterbrod would give me a suggestion....also will I be very happy to see drawings from other people

MANY THANKS, for your trust in me.....But it is very difficult to make a good ballanced freehand-daiza. The stone is heavy, and the teakwood is hard. ..Peters simple design, was very close to my wish, and I try to do my best to make it as Peters.....I find it is incredible hard to gett arround,to make the feet.And it will still take some days before, it begin to look nice ( hopefully).

Thank you to all contributing to this thread. I love it. The stones shown I can relate to much more than most because they are similar to stones in my area. The Asian stones I see are unimaginable to find in central America, at least where I am.

The frogdaiza is finished, and the stone is standing 14.5 cm....To carve this daiza was a challence...the stone wanted to roll backwards to one side, and the patern had to be placed at the same time in a ballance...it was fun.The wood is teak. I gave it a little dye.I hope you like the result

Thanks for the drawing, makes everything easier....I will make it a bit diffrent, the stones shape must be consideret more.The arrows show the rounded shape of the feet, this I must also aim for in the rim....